St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-25
Resolutions of Sympathy for
Condemned Anarchists by
a st. Paul Organization.
Sentiments That the Court Is
Too Harsh N Calling
Them Murderers.
Doings Of the st. Paul Trades
and Labor Assembly at
It's Last Session.
A Need of More Financial
Backing for the Local Co
Operative Store.

The meeting of the German Carpen-
terS' brotherhood. No. 157, in Labor hall
last Tuesday evening, brought forth the
following. in sympathy with the con-
demned anarchists, according to the
the Labor Echo:
Be it resolved, by Local Union No. 157 of
Brotherhood OF Carpenters and JolnerS OF
North America. That the decision of the SUI
preme court of Illinois on the so-called anar
chiSts be condemned, we are convinced
that Il was not given in accordance with JUS
tiee to the condemned.
Resolved, That the condemned possess our
fullest Sympathy.aS they were not in any way
concerned in the bomb throwing, or had in
any manner excited TO riot, and are to be re-
garded as the objects of a verdict i'll favor OF
Il class.
Resolved, That we consider the condemned
as martyrs in the labor movement, and that
the enforcement of this rutfianly and shame
less verdict would be a trampling upon the
laws of the country and Il soiling of the
American flag.
The resolutions were signed by the.
German union.
They were shown yesterday afternoon
to Joseph Grady, of the American union,
No. 81, at his boarding house, No 100
West Seventh street. Mr.. Grady has
been very prominent union man. He
expressed himself very plainly, as fol-
lows:
tell you, j, but don't like to see those
resolutions go into print. There is one thing
certain, they will not be adopted by No. 81.
Not concerned in the bomb throwing! Now
who in the world says they wern't? Does any
man with common sense mean to say that
these condemned anarchists were not con-
cerned i'll the bomb throwing. would
SEVER MY CONNECTION
with any association that would show any
INV fbnt ind of Sir
would disclaim any connection with an Or
ganiZation that would adopt any such resO-
lutions as that, and L know No. 81 will not.
We are Americans, and l hope, law abiding
citizens. If man can't come over to this
country and be an American and abide by
our laws and uphold our institutions, he bet
ter go back to where he came from. This
matter has been tried by the courts of Amer
brains than No. 157 contains, and L.
don't think its the province of No. 157 to
pass Judgment of that kind upon the courts
of our country. The idea that few foreign
ers are going TO come over here and oyerturn
our laws and institutions, and to say that
these anarchists were not concerned in the
bomb-throwing-why. it is absurd. expect
TO be just as much law-abiding citizen in
this country as l would be in Ireland.
OTHER OPINIONS.
A number OF expressions of different
workingmen have been gathered by
Editor Constant, who VOucheS for their
reliability, as follows:
Robert Newell, workingmens representa-
tive in the house of the last legislature-If the
congressman who said that Jay Gould ought
to be hanged was found guilty of murder Oh
the hanging of Gould by his advice then the
anarchists also deserve hanging. Should a
man be held responsible tor speech when we
claim freedom of speech for all? The Bible
says: "By their words We shall know them,
but by their acts We shall prove them" How
ever, have no sympathy with bomb-throw
ing as a means of reform.
President james Childs, of the Brick
layers Union-They don't deserve hanging
unless they threw the bomb, for which there
seems to be no clear proof
Secretary A. j. Ries, of the Bricklayers'
UniOn-My opinion is that the Pinkertons'
threw the bomb. l don't want to see the
condemned men hung.
n. l.. Peterson, of the Socialist Labor
Party-From the supreme court, represent
ing a class against which the anarchists
spoke, nothing else could be expected. Their
decision is an outrage.
Secretary L. II. Lawson, of the Scandinav-
ian Carpenters Union-They deserve some
punishment, but not hanging.
Thomas Byrne, of the Workingmen's Edu-
cational Association-The verdict is not just
it is too severe.
William Michel, of the same Organization
They should not be hung simply because
they are anarchists.
President P j. O'Connell of the Moulders'
Union-I think they will get their just de-
-serts in hanging.
c. d. Brown, same Organization-I don't
think they deserve hanging.
Louis Meier-They've got no right to hang
them; there is not sufficient proof
John c. Armbruster, of the Machinists'
ASSembly-They deserve punishment, but
think the death penalty is too severe.